Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

Ces mathématiciens qui firent plier le Kremlin

2025
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Documentary History
Overview

On January 15, 1972, Leonid Pliouchtch, a Ukrainian mathematician who was unknown at the time, was locked up in a Soviet psychiatric institution and accused of dissidence. His wife, Tatiana, fought for his defense and contacted a committee of French mathematicians to help him. Led by Laurent Schwartz, they launched a three-year campaign to secure his release and succeeded in getting the USSR to back down on the issue.

Status: Released

Language: FR

Production Information

Production Companies
TSVP LCP - Assemblée nationale PROCIREP Angoa-Agicoa Fondation Sciences Mathématiques de Paris CNC
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French Russian

Keywords

politics mathematics commitment communism ussr documentary history

Quick Facts

Release Date February 10, 2025
Status Released
Language FR

Cast

Mathieu Schwartz
Mathieu Schwartz

Narrator (voice)

Michel Broué
Michel Broué

Self : Mathematician & Trotskist Activist

Pierre Laurent
Pierre Laurent

Self : Journalist

Pierre Juquin
Pierre Juquin

Self : Syndicalist

Key Crew

Mathieu Schwartz
Director
Agnès Molia
Producer
Christie Molia
Producer